This was a very good scrap and a fight that could have gone either way. In the 9th round Chavez was deducted a point for a hard low blow in a round he could have won but La Porte came on real strong in the last 30 seconds of the round to have it as a 10-8 round for him. Round 11 was the hardest round to score in my view, here's my scorecard of this fight. My scorecard is 114-112 Chavez. 1.Laporte 2.Chavez 3.Laporte 4.Laporte 5.Chavez 6.Chavez 7.Laporte 8. Chavez 9.Laporte 10.Chavez 11.Chavez 12.Chavez
Love Juan. He was a very, very tough man with a titanium chin, but he tended to be a bit lazy at times. This is a fight well worth revisiting.
Posted this awhile back in the scorecard thread. This is what I wrote. Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Juan LaPorte Always heard what a tight decision this was and I also remember Flash Gordon's old publication screaming that LaPorte was robbed. So here we go. Round 1: 10-9 LaPorte Round 2: 10-9 Chavez Round 3: 10-9 LaPorte Round 4: 10-10 Even Round 5: 10-9 Chavez Round 6: 10-9 Chavez Round 7: 10-10 Even Round 8: 10-10 Even (Chavez was winning this round until LaPorte really came back at the end to even it) Round 9: 9-9 Even (Chavez was winning but was penalized a point for a low blow) Round 10: 10-9 Chavez Round 11: 10-9 Chavez Round 12: 10-9 Chavez Total: 117-113 Chavez Never had so many even rounds. Great fight and the 11th and 12th were outstanding. LaPorte was the harder hitter and Chavez the sharper and busier. That was always the problem with LaPorte. You needed to set a fire under his stool to get him to throw punches. He could have taken this and I don't have an issue with people griping on the decision. Regardless of my score, it was damn close.
